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"In a world affected by climate change, the Southern Ocean plays an outsized
role. It absorbs up to 40% of the human-caused emissions taken up by the oceans
while also being home to some of the world’s most vulnerable ecosystems.
Understanding these ecosystems and how they’re changing is crucial – but
challenging. Patterns and trends in this remote, chaotic ocean are often
obscured by short-term variation.
The only way to see through the noise is to make sustained measurements, year
after year, for decades.
In the heart of the Southern Ocean there is a car-sized yellow and blue
structure floating on the surface. It may not look like much, but this is the
tip of a vast underwater observatory that has monitored the pulse of this
region for nearly three decades.
Known as the Southern Ocean Time Series (SOTS), this observatory endures
cyclone-strength winds and waves up to 18 metres high. The knowledge it
provides has been collected in several recent studies, including one just
published in
Ocean Science."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
